{"id":4186,"date":"2009-07-14T07:11:25","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T11:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=4186"},"modified":"2009-07-16T07:58:32","modified_gmt":"2009-07-16T11:58:32","slug":"amped-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/amped-up","title":{"rendered":"Amped up!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know that everything had significance upon a time, but there really was a ton of junk in the garage until last week’s purge.<\/p>\n

Today’s archeological finding? The amp for my brother’s bass guitar!<\/p>\n

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There’s a sordid tale of teen angst and paternal neglect behind this one, but my bro can dish on that if he pleases.<\/p>\n

There’s also a tale of mystery as to the whereabouts of the aforementioned bass guitar, but I’m convinced it was sold for drug money by the previous occupant in the house (during the 5-year interregnum before the Rothstoration).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I know that everything had significance upon a time, but there really was a ton of junk in the garage until last week’s purge. Today’s archeological finding? The amp for my brother’s bass guitar! There’s a sordid tale of teen angst and paternal neglect behind this one, but my bro can dish on that if … <\/p>\n

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